The high school had a great time at the KC Career Fair today! What a great selection of career options the students had to choose from!
Congratulations to Drew Haines for being one of ten first-year FFA members awarded an FFA jacket from the Marion County Farm Bureau’s Gift of Blue program as part of their first FFA Jacket Essay Contest. The essay contest asked first-year Ag/FFA students a simple question, “Explain the main goal you wish to accomplish from being involved in FFA.”
Thank you, Marion County Farm Bureau for offering this program! Congratulations again, Drew! #ourjourneyawaits #electifyffa #giftofblue
Reminder: Today is the High School KC Career Fair! Please bring $1 for lunch if possible.
Congratulations to the JH Lady Eagles on their 26-23 win over Patoka tonight!
Reminder: Senior FAFSA Night is tonight at 6pm in the cafeteria. The FAFSA is mandatory for graduation, per the state law. KC and ISAC will be here to help in the process. Bring all tax information, Driver's License, SS#, and parent FSA ID. Please check email for more detailed information.
We would like to again congratulate the Patoka Warriors Volleyball team for a successful season. There is so much talent and ability on the team. Last night, the Egyptian Illini Conference awarded Trista Moore 1st Team All Conference as well as Lauren Robb and Hailey Lane 2nd Team All Conference. Congratulations to these ladies as well as everyone else!
Student Council would like to give a SHOUT OUT to Broker/Manager Penny Crain of Somer Real Estate as well as the Somer Real Estate office for supporting this year's HoCo dance with a $50 donation each! Looking to buy or sell your home? Stop by and see Penny at 907 W Main St, Salem, 618-214-1800 or the office number is 618-548-5123 for Salem and 618-532-5263 for Centralia. Shop local!
REMINDER: Today is our Wednesday 2:15 dismissal day. Pre-k will be dismissed at 1:45. K-12 will be dismissed at 2:15.
Student Council would like to give a SHOUT OUT to Bud's Minor League of Salem for sponsoring this year's HoCo dance with a $50 donation! Bud's does screen printing and embroidery! Go to them with all your apparel needs! 34 Salem Business Center, Salem, 618-548-8040. Shop local!
The Student Council would like to give a SHOUT OUT to Beyond Baskets & Moore for supporting this year's HoCo dance with a $50 donation! Beyond Baskets & Moore creates personalized gift baskets for any occasion as well as wreaths! Owner, Carrie Moore, also creates the student of the month baskets for our school! Find them on Facebook as well as at 618-363-7758! Shop local!
The Student Council would like to give a SHOUT OUT to Timmons Pest Control of Odin for sponsoring this year's HoCo dance with a $100 donation! Timmons Pest Control offers residential and commercial extermination of ants, spiders, termites, cockroaches, and more! It is a veteran owned company! They can be found at 600 E Poplar in Odin, 618-780-0043. Shop local!
This week is another busy week for the high school! Patoka has invited our students to attend their HoCo dance this Friday! Tickets are on sale through Tuesday. $10 for individual and $15 for couple.
Dress up days are posted in the image but tomorrow is dress up as any holiday other than Halloween day! Dress up days are for high school only.
Thursday night is the Senior FAFSA Night at 6 pm. Students and parents need to attend! Filing a FAFSA is required by law to graduate.
Friday the entire high school will be attending KC’s career fair and should bring $1 for lunch if possible!
On October 26-28, six FFA members and Mr. Capps attended the 95th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana with almost 70,000 other members, advisors, and guests across the nation from the state of Alaska to the Virgin Island and from the state of Maine to Hawaii.
🌟Day 1: we arrived in Indy, spent some time in the career & college expo and shopping mall, attended Opening Session 1 where we heard a keynote address by Tamika Catchings; 4-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA Champion, on being bold, and attending the World’s Toughest Rodeo
🌟Day 2: spent time in the career & college expo and shopping mall, we attended general sessions 2 where Hailey and Tyler represented Odin FFA on stage to receive our 3-star chapter award - the highest ranking an FFA chapter can receive, and we went to Hanna’s Haunted Acres to have some fun as a chapter
🌟Day 3: visited the National FFA Center for a self guided tour of some history of National FFA and then toured Tuttle’s Orchard to understand apple production and apple products
We would also like to thank our sponsors who donated financial help which allowed us to attend convention for those three days.
Don’t forget to stop by the school tonight for trick-or-treating! Plus keep your eyes peeled for the Student Council out collecting change for HoCo! 6-8
We wrapped up Red Ribbon Week with Costume/ Theme day!!
Student Council would like to give a SHOUT OUT to Simpson Automotive in Odin for sponsoring this year's HoCo dance with a $25 dollar donation. You can have all your vehicle needs met at 303 E Poplar St, 618-775-6265. Shop local!
Congratulations to the JH Girls Basketball team on their win against Raccoon, 19-11! Way to work hard!
It was Western Day at Odin Public School as we continued celebrating Red Ribbon Week. Tomorrow is Costume/ Theme day!!
Starting tomorrow (10/28/2022), students in grades 6-12 will be allowed to purchase A La Carte items during their scheduled lunch periods. Students must have a positive balance on their account to purchase A la Carte items. Checks/cash will NOT be accepted in the office or in the cafeteria. All payments MUST be made via credit/debit card through the parent portal of the TeacherEase website. Please see the following link for more information and online payment instructions. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1364/OPSD/2511508/A_La_Carte.pdf
Student Council would like to give a SHOUT OUT to ATV's and More, Pennington Chevy Buick of Salem, and Pennington Ford Centralia for supporting this year's HoCo dance with a $25 donation from each!
ATV's and More can be found at 1307 W Main St in Salem, 618-548-1360.
Pennington Chevy Buick can be found at 1825 W Main St in Salem, 618-548-5500.
Pennington Ford can be found at 848 E Noleman St in Centralia, 618-532-4733.
Please visit these locations for all your driving needs! Shop local!